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Rhode Island Medical Society joins lawsuit challenging new medical marijuana...
The Rhode Island Medical Society on Monday was added as a plaintiff to a lawsuit that seeks to reverse strict new rules for the state’s medical marijuana program. The lawsuit, filed by the American...
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Russian group: ‘Gay milk’ illegally promoting homosexuality to children
The People’s Council, an anti-gay group in Russia, claims that Vesyoly Molochnik milk being sold in St. Petersburg violates the city’s ban on homosexual propaganda. The milk carton contains a rainbow,...
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Israeli parliament votes to dissolve and hold elections in January
JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament voted overnight to dissolve itself and hold early elections on January 22, officials said Tuesday. The dissolution of the Knesset was approved by 100 votes to none in a...
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Clinton takes blame for handling of Libya attack
LIMA — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told US media that she will take the blame for any shortcomings in the handling of an attack last month on the US mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi. “I...
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Yahoo! raids Google for another key executive
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo! on Monday announced it had nabbed another key Google executive, naming Henrique de Castro as chief operating officer. De Castro will report directly to chief executive Marissa...
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Matt Taibbi: The Romney-Ryan tax plan should be laughed at
Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi said Monday on Current TV that it was appropriate for Vice President Joe Biden to laugh at his Republican challenger Paul Ryan during last week’s debate....
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Jon Stewart: Fox News so desperate to spin VP debate they had to call a doctor
On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned the reaction to the vice presidential debate at Fox News. Stewart noted that while the liberal hosts on MSNBC accepted that Romney...
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McCain: Responsibility rests with Obama on Libya attack
WASHINGTON — Republican Senator John McCain praised US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for taking blame Monday for shortcomings in last month’s Libya attack, but said “the buck stops” with the...
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Student protest in Mexico turns violent, 176 arrested
MORELIA, Mexico — Mexican students protesting a new curriculum threw homemade explosives, fired rockets and hurled stones at police in a melee that left 176 arrested and 10 police officers injured,...
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Planet with four suns discovered 5,000 light years from Earth
WASHINGTON — An international team of amateur and professional astronomers announced the discovery of a planet with four suns — the first reported case of such a phenomenon. The planet, located about...
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Canadians ‘bullying the bullies’ in teenager girl’s suicide
OTTAWA — A backlash over alleged cyberbullying that pushed a Canadian girl to suicide has cost a man his job, and is hampering a federal police investigation, authorities said Wednesday. Meanwhile,...
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Obama mocks Romney’s ‘binders full of women’
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — US President Barack Obama made rival Mitt Romney pay Wednesday for his awkward “binders full of women” comment that took on a life of its own after their feisty second debate....
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Toxic gas leak from oil well sparks Kuwait alert
KUWAIT CITY — Health officials warned Kuwaitis to stay inside and seal doors and windows tightly on Wednesday after toxic gas leaked from an oil well north of Kuwait City. Residents in areas as far as...
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U.S. still undecided on no-fly zone for Syria
WASHINGTON — The United States is still mulling ways to stop the fighting in Syria, including a no-fly zone, as the Syrian regime is “ratcheting up the brutality of their tactics,” a US official said...
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U.S. to hand over emails in WikiLeaks soldier case
FORT MEADE, Maryland — A US judge ordered prosecutors Wednesday to hand over hundreds of emails by officers overseeing the detention of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, who has alleged he suffered...
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Russian protest leader placed under house arrest
MOSCOW — Russia placed a leader of mass protest rallies against President Vladimir Putin under house arrest on Wednesday after questioning him in a criminal probe into allegations he was plotting a...
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Green Party candidate Jill Stein blasts Democrat and Republican duopoly
During an appearance Wednesday on CNN, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein spoke out against the deeply-entrenched two party system in the United States “The distinction between them...
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‘Binders full of women’ musical parodies pop up on YouTube
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spontaneously gave birth to an Internet meme on Tuesday night after saying he had “binders full of women” as governor of Massachusetts. Along with the...
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Conservative publication smears woman who asked debate question about equal pay
The conservative publication Free Beacon on Wednesday published an article smearing the 24-year-old woman who asked about equal pay for women at the presidential debate. The article, published...
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Dinosaur ‘thief’ arrested in Florida
NEW YORK — A US man accused of smuggling 70 million year old dinosaur skeletons into the United States, including a toothy relative of the bigger Tyrannosaurus rex, was arrested on Wednesday in...
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